Today is an important day for many of the Long Island teams. After having a rough start to the season, it’s crucial they escape with a victory to relieve some of the early-season jitters and to get a W on the board before the calendar hits March.
Division-I:
Stony Brook will close out their three-game set with Baylor University today at 2 pm. They lost the first two games 16-2 and 20-4. Clearly, Baylor has a potent offense. The Sea Wolves will be looking to snap their four-game skid.
Hofstra will look to escape Florida with a victory against the University of Missouri. They lost a DH yesterday by the scores of 8-0 and 11-4. They have found the SEC very difficult to figure out. The bright spots have been Dave Jesch‘s strong return from Tommy John surgery (5 K’s through 3 IP), freshman John Rooney‘s quick adjustment from Class C high school ball to the SEC (6 K’s through 5 IP), SS Brad Witkowski‘s 8-for-20 (.400 AVG) start to the season and Vito Friscia‘s eye at the plate (five walks in 15 plate appearance).
Division-II:
Adelphi will close out their Florida trip with a DH at 11am and 2pm with Wheeling Jesuit University. They split yesterday with West Virginia Wesleyen, losing 4-3 and winning 3-2 on a walk-off hit by Michael Cattani (3-for-4) to score Eric Hassell. Michael Tarpey threw six shutout innings. Despite allowing two runs, Steve Kuhn recorded the win in relief. In the loss, Jonathan Mulford got the start, throwing 4.1 IP, allowing two ER. Freshman Mike Demarest was tagged with the loss. He allowed two ER over 1.1 IP in his second outing.
Molloy will play against Concordia at noon, in their fifth and final game at the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They crushed Nyack 13-3 in the first game, Bobby Kelly recorded the victory. They lost 10-7 to Felician, Anthony Catinella was tagged with his first loss of the season. Anthony Alberghina had three hits, Michael Rahn drove in two of the five runs.
LIU Post will look to salvage a split with No. 6 ranked St. Edwards down in Texas today at 1 pm. They got their first win of the season yesterday with a 5-3 win. Redshirt senior Joey Arena threw 6.2 innings, allowed three ER, struck out nine against one walk. Brian Tinney recorded the save. David Groeneveld hit a solo HR in the third inning that proved to be the winning run.Freshman Jimmy Mendyk went 3-for-3 with two runs scored. James Crohan added two hits and two RBI. Thomas Asbaty, Joe Spitaleri and Matt Bowers also had two hits.
Division-III:
Farmingdale State lost both games to Frostburg State by the scores of 7-0 and 13-3. Ryan O’Connor and Dalton McCarthy were tagged with the losses. In the second game, they drew eight walks but managed only four hits. Anthony Gigante had two of the four hits. Christopher Reilly and Nick Attardi drove in the two runs. They are closing out their North Carolina trip today at 9am.
Old Westbury and St. Joseph’s both swept their DHs. You can find recaps on our main page.
